Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

International organization

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique

Countries which are members
Formation	28 June 1981; 43 years ago (1981-06-28)
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Abuja, Nigeria
Membership	54 National Olympic Committees
Official language	English, French
President	Mustapha Berraf
Website	ANOCA ACNOA

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; French: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, Arabic: رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an international organization that unites the 54 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Africa. It is currently headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. It serves as the successor to Standing Committee of African Sports or Comité permanent du sport africain founded in 1965 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

History

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was founded on June 28, 1981, in Lome, Togo. In July 1965, ANOCA's predecessor, the Standing Committee of African Sports (SCAS) was founded in Brazzaville as Comité Permanent du Sport Africain (CPSA). Consequently, that title for the sports continental body changed to the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) on 14 December 1966 in Bamako, Mali.

On 4 March 2023, ANOCA announced their support for the International Olympic Committee's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals amidst the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.

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Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NOC was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NOC was created.

Nation	Code	National Olympic Committee	President	Created	ANOCA Member	IOC member
North Africa Zone
Algeria	ALG	Algerian Olympic Committee	Abderrahmane Hammad	1963	1965	Yes
Egypt	EGY	Egyptian Olympic Committee	Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab	1910	1965	Yes
Libya	LBA	Libyan Olympic Committee	Gamal Ezzarrugh	1962	1963	Yes
Morocco	MAR	Moroccan Olympic Committee	Faïçal Laraïchi	1959	1959	Yes
Sudan	SUD	Sudan Olympic Committee	Hashim Haroun Ahmed	1956/1959	1965	Yes
Tunisia	TUN	Tunisian Olympic Committee	Mehrez Boussayene	1957	1965	Yes
West Africa Zone
Benin	BEN	Benin National Olympic and Sports Committee	Marius Francisco	1962	TBD	Yes
Burkina Faso	BUR	Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee	Jean-Pascal Kinda	1965/1972	1965	Yes
Cape Verde	CPV	Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano	Filomena Fortes	1989/1993	TBD	Yes
Gambia	GAM	Gambia National Olympic Committee	Beatrice Allen	1972/1976	TBD	Yes
Ghana	GHA	Ghana Olympic Committee	Ben Nunoo Mensah	1950/1951	1965	Yes
Guinea	GUI	Guinean National Olympic and Sports Committee	Nabi Camara	1964/1965	TBD	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	GBS	Comité Olímpico da Guiné-Bissau	Sérgio Mané	1992/1995	TBD	Yes
Ivory Coast	CIV	Comité National Olympique de Côte d'Ivoire	Lassana Palenfo	1962/1963	1965	Yes
Liberia	LBR	Liberia National Olympic Committee	Philipbert S. Browne	1954/1955	TBD	Yes
Mali	MLI	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Mali	Habib Sissoko	1962/1963	1965	Yes
Mauritania	MTN	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien	Abderrahmane Ethmane	1962/1979	TBD	Yes
Niger	NIG	Nigerien Olympic and National Sports Committee	Issaka Ide	1964	1965	Yes
Nigeria	NGR	Nigeria Olympic Committee	Habu Gumel	1950/1951	1965	Yes
Senegal	SEN	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Sénégalais	Mamadou D. Ndiaye	1961/1963	1965	Yes
Sierra Leone	SLE	National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone	Patrick Coker	1964	TBD	Yes
Togo	TOG	Togolese National Olympic Committee	Deladem Akpaki	1963/1965	1965	Yes
Central Africa Zone
Cameroon	CMR	Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee	Hamad Kalkaba Malboum	1963	1965	Yes
Central African Republic	CAF	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Centrafricain	Gilles Gilbert Gresenguet	1964/1965	1965	Yes
Chad	CHA	Chadian Olympic and Sports Committee	Abakar Djermah Aumi	1963/1964	1965	Yes
Congo	CGO	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Congolais	Raymond Ibata	1964	1965	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Comité Olympique Congolais	Marcel Amos Mbayo Kitenge	1963/1968	1965	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	GEQ	Comité Olímpico de Guinea Ecuatorial	Manuel Sabino Asumu Cawan	1980/1984	TBD	Yes
Gabon	GAB	Comité Olympique Gabonais	Léon Louis Folquet	1965/1968	1965	Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe	STP	Comité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe	João Manuel da Costa Alegre Afonso	1979/1993	TBD	Yes
East Africa Zone
Burundi	BDI	Burundi National Olympic Committee	Lydia Nsekera	1990/1993	TBD	Yes
Djibouti	DJI	Djibouti National Olympic and Sports Committee	Aïcha Garad Ali	1983/1984	TBD	Yes
Eritrea	ERI	Eritrean National Olympic Committee	Luul Fisshaye	1996/1999	TBD	Yes
Ethiopia	ETH	Ethiopian Olympic Committee	Birhane Kidanemariam	1948/1954	1965	Yes
Kenya	KEN	National Olympic Committee of Kenya	Paul Tergat	1955	1965	Yes
Rwanda	RWA	Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda	Valens Munyabagisha	1984	TBD	Yes
Seychelles	SEY	Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	Antonio Gopal	1979	TBD	Yes
Somalia	SOM	Somali Olympic Committee	Abdullahi Ahmed Tarabi	1959/1972	TBD	Yes
South Sudan	SSD	South Sudan National Olympic Committee	Wilson Deng Kuoirot	2015	2015	Yes
Tanzania	TAN	Tanzania Olympic Committee	Gulam Abdulla Rashid	1968	1965	Yes
Uganda	UGA	Uganda Olympic Committee	Donald Rukare	1950/1956	1965	Yes
Southern Africa Zone
Angola	ANG	Angolan Olympic Committee	Gustavo Dias Vaz da Conceição	1979/1980	TBD	Yes
Botswana	BOT	Botswana National Olympic Committee	Botsang Tshenyego	1978/1980	TBD	Yes
Comoros	COM	Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores	Madiane Mohamed Issa	1979/1993	TBD	Yes
Eswatini	SWZ	Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association	Peter Shongwe	1971/1972	TBD	Yes
Lesotho	LES	Lesotho National Olympic Committee	Matlohang Moiloa-Ramoqopo	1971/1972	TBD	Yes
Madagascar	MAD	Comité Olympique Malgache	Siteny Thierry Randrianasoloniaiko	1963/1964	1965	Yes
Malawi	MAW	Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi	Jappie Mhango	1968	TBD	Yes
Mauritius	MRI	Mauritius Olympic Committee	Philippe Hao Thyn Voon Ha Shun	1971/1972	TBD	Yes
Mozambique	MOZ	Comité Olímpico Nacional de Moçambique	Anibal Manave	1979	TBD	Yes
Namibia	NAM	Namibian National Olympic Committee	Agnes Tjongarero	1990/1991	TBD	Yes
South Africa	RSA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee	Barry Hendricks	1991	TBD	Yes
Zambia	ZAM	National Olympic Committee of Zambia	Alfred Foloko	1964	1965	Yes
Zimbabwe	ZIM	Zimbabwe Olympic Committee	Admire Masenda	1934/1980	TBD	Yes

ANOCA Regional Zones

ANOCA Zone 1 – North Zone

ANOCA Zone 2 – West Zone A

ANOCA Zone 3 – West Zone B

ANOCA Zone 4 – Central Zone

ANOCA Zone 5 – Central-East Zone

ANOCA Zone 6 – Southern Zone A

ANOCA Zone 7 – Southern Zone B

ANOCA Presidents

S. No.	Name	Country	Tenure
1.	Anani Matthia	Togo	1981-1989
2.	Jean-Claude Ganga	Congo	1989-1999
3.	Francis Nyangweso	Uganda	1999-2001
4.	Alpha Ibrahim Diallo	Guinea	2001-2005
5.	Lassana Palenfo	Ivory Coast	2005-2018
6.	Mustapha Berraf	Algeria	2018–present

ANOCA's programme

Encouraging mediation and conciliation between NOCs and governments
Building the foundations of an ambitious sports policy
Providing young athletes with the conditions for success
Promoting sports initiatives
Promoting Olympic ideals and values in Africa
Taking part in the fight against doping, corruption, violence and pandemics
Working to bring peoples together through sport to build a peaceful Africa

Events

African Games
African Youth Games – first held in Rabat, Morocco in 2010 (events also in Casablanca).
African Beach Games
ANOCA U-23 Championship/Olympic Qualifying Tournament
ANOCA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References

External links

v t e Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA)
Zone 1 - North Zone	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia
Zone 2 - West Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone 3 - West Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Liberia Niger Nigeria Togo
Zone 4 - Central Zone	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Zone 5 - Central-East Zone	Burundi Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Zone 6 - Southern Zone A	Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Zone 7 - Southern Zone B	Comoros Djibouti Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles

v t e Association of National Olympic Committees
African Games Asian Games European Games Pan American Games Pacific Games World Beach Games
Africa	ANOCA – Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Americas	PASO – Panam Sports
Asia	OCA – Olympic Council of Asia
Europe	EOC – European Olympic Committees
Oceania	ONOC – Oceania National Olympic Committees

v t e Events of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
African Games African Youth Games African Beach Games
Afro-Asian Games Africa Military Games Indian Ocean Island Games

v t e African Games
AU AASC ANOCA Medal table
Games	Brazzaville 1965 Lagos 1973 Algiers 1978 Nairobi 1987 Cairo 1991 Harare 1995 Johannesburg 1999 Abuja 2003 Algiers 2007 Maputo 2011 Brazzaville 2015 Rabat 2019 Accra 2023 Cairo 2027 Kinshasa 2031
African Beach Games African Youth Games

v t e Nations at the African Games
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Zone 1 - North Zone	Algeria Libya Morocco Tunisia
Zone 2 - West Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone 3 - West Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Liberia Niger Nigeria Togo
Zone 4 - Central Zone	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Zone 5 - Central-East Zone	Burundi Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Zone 6 - Southern Zone A	Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Zone 7 - Southern Zone B	Comoros Djibouti Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles
African Youth Games - African Beach Games - African Para Games - Africa Military Games - also Indian Ocean Island Games / Southern African Games

v t e Sports governing bodies in Africa
Team Sports	Baseball (ABSA) Basketball (FIBA Africa) Cricket (ACA) Football (CAF) Handball (CAHB) Hockey (Field) (AFHF) Ice hockey (AIHC) Minifootball (AMC) Hockey (Roller) (FARS) Rugby (Rugby Africa) Volleyball (CAVB)
Individual Sports	Archery (FAA) Athletics (CAA) Badminton (BCA) Boxing (AFBC) Chess (ACU) Cycling (CAC) Gymnastics (UAG) Judo (UAJ) Karate (UFAK) Sailing (ASCON) Squash (SFA) Swimming (CANA) Taekwondo (ATF) Tennis (CAT)
Olympics (ACNOA) - Paralympics (APC)

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